William M Faulkner

Brief Life History of William M

When William M Faulkner was born on 14 February 1857, in Georgia, United States, his father, William G Faulkner, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth A Musgrove, was 28. He married Louisa Rebecca Monroe Johnson on 18 July 1880, in Butts, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Butts, Georgia, United States in 1880 and District 610, Butts, Georgia, United States in 1900. He died on 13 October 1918, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Towaliga Baptist Church Cemetery, Jackson, Butts, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William M Faulkner
1857–1918
Louisa Rebecca Monroe Johnson
1861–1920
Marriage: 18 July 1880
William Arnold Faulkner
1879–1953
Thomas Henry Faulkner
1885–1953
Artie Mishie Faulkner
1887–1965
Grover Cleveland Faulkner Sr
1889–1960
Robert Franklin Faulkner
1892–1968
Bertha Eulalia Faulkner
1897–1925
James Ervin Faulkner
1897–1969
Smith Rumble Faulkner Sr
1902–1972

Sources (6)

  • William M Falkner in household of Elizabeth Falkner, "United States Census, 1870"
  • William M Bud Faulkner, "Find A Grave Index"
  • W.M. Faulkner in entry for Bertha Eulalia Polk, "Georgia, Deaths, 1914-1927"

World Events (8)

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English fauconer, fauk(e)ner, falconer ‘falconer’ (Old French fau(l)connier), an occupational name for someone who kept and trained falcons (a common feudal service). Falconry was a tremendously popular sport among the aristocracy in medieval Europe, and most great houses had their falconers. The surname could also have arisen as a metonymic occupational name for someone who operated the siege gun known as a falcon.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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